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Revolution, Civil War Or Proxy Conflict? In Reality, The Ukrainian Crisis All Boils Down To Money

Cast your mind to any place in modern day Europe, east of the Czech Republic, and your imagination will inevitably be playing three degrees of separation with one major reference point in terms of culture, economics, history a...

by Damien Sharkov

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Crooks, Thieves, & the Independent Mayors Who Run Russia

The mayor of Yaroslavl and several of his colleagues will spend the next two months behind bars on extortion charges. Evgeny Urlashov, a former United Russia member who ran as an opposition-friendly independent, won the mayor�...

by Global Voices

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The Farcical Elections In Syria: Political Theater Amidst Chaos

For the past 3 years, Syria has been immersed in a bloody and complex civil war that has claimed the lives of over 150,000 people. Millions more have been displaced, and it is unlikely that they will be returning home anytime s...

by John Haltiwanger

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WATCH: Introducing the flesh eating “zombie” drug [WARNING: Graphic Footage]

Over the last year, two men in Duncan, Oklahoma have fallen victim to a kind of moonshine heroin called desomorphine, dubbed “krokodil” due to it’s horrific side-effects. It has also spread to other states, including Ariz...

by Ozlem Unat

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Putin: Moral Crusader

by Sam Kirk

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Neither War Nor Peace

As separatists in Eastern Ukraine hoist new Donetsk Republic flags over captured government buildings, Russia masses 40,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, and the Ukrainian acting President puts his nation’s forces on com...

by Cole Pearce

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News Of The Latest McDonald’s Closure In Russia “Devastates” Obama

The Russian Internet has a rich tradition of producing fictional accounts of the lives of powerful politicians. The most famous and accomplished author in this genre is undoubtedly Maksim Kononenko, the mind behind Vladimir.Vl...

by Kevin Rothrock

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Why The Russian, Nigerian And British Governments Are Acting Like Big Bullies

One story that has emerged in the “weird news” sections of many online news outlets over the past few days is the news that a Nigerian woman disowned her cat for displaying ‘homosexual tendencies’. The woman from Lafi...

by Michael Osiyale

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Critical Health Epidemics On The Rise In Prisons

Critical health epidemics are on the rise in prisons internationally. Just this week, new controversy surrounds the issue in the light of breaking news that American prisons may have to invest in expensive drug treatment for in...

by Abbie Saunders

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Revolution, Civil War Or Proxy Conflict? In Reality, The Ukrainian Crisis All Boils Down To Money

Crooks, Thieves, & the Independent Mayors Who Run Russia

The Farcical Elections In Syria: Political Theater Amidst Chaos

WATCH: Introducing the flesh eating “zombie” drug [WARNING: Graphic Footage]

Putin: Moral Crusader

Neither War Nor Peace

News Of The Latest McDonald’s Closure In Russia “Devastates” Obama

Why The Russian, Nigerian And British Governments Are Acting Like Big Bullies

Critical Health Epidemics On The Rise In Prisons

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